Roll-paper holder and cutter



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ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER. No. 441,669. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

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M. N. JONES. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 441,669. Patented Dec. 2, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

MARSHALL N. JONES, OF ABILENE, KANSAS.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,669, dated December2, 1890. Application filed February 18, 1890. Serial No. 340,875. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARSHALL N. JONES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Abilene, in the county of Dickinson and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roll-PaperHolders and Cutters, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure1 is a rear perspective elevation of a store-counter showing myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of thesame on line 1 of Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a detailcrosssectional view of the roller-frame and rollers of my invention online 2 of Fig. 5, looking toward the right, which rollers are arrangedadjacent the under surface of the counter for holding and feeding up thepaper. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the slotted frame, whichis seated in a recess in the counter, and of the roll-frame and paperholding and feeding rolls below the slotted frame, showing theirrelative position, also showing the wrapping-paper strips as they wouldappear in the act of being fed up between their respective rollers andthrough the slots of the slotted frame, which frames and rollers are apart of my said invention. Fig.

5 is a top plan view of said roller-frame and rollers, also showing themechanism for rotating the rollers, a portion of the frame being brokenaway to more clearly show the gears of said mechanism. Fig. 6 is adetail plan view of a portion of one pair of said rollers and of thegears and shaft by means of which they are rotated. Fig. 7 is an endplan of said rollers, showing the relative position of the four pairs Ihave herein illustrated. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe counter and of the slotted frame and roll-frame and its rollersattached to the It consists of a frame supported off the floor,'beneaththe counter, forholding the several sizes of rolls of paper, of aslotted frame seated in a recess in the counter having its upper surfaceon a plane with the counter surface, and provided with the several sizesof slots corresponding in number and length with the wrapping-paper, andthe width of the several strips of the same, and of a set of rollersarranged in pairs, parallel with and beneath the slotted frame, a pairfor each strip of wrapping-paper, each pair corresponding in length withthe width of its respective strip. These pairs 'ofrollers arerespectively and independently provided with an extending shaft, eithergeared thereto or integral therewith, and each such shaft with ahand-wheel, by means of, which the rollers are rotated for the purposeof taking the paper strips from the paper-rolls below and feeding themup through their respective slots far enough so that they may be graspedand drawn from the slots until a sufficient quantity is had, and thesaid rollers are for the further purpose of holding the paper fromdropping from the slots when not being used.

The object of this invention is to support the rolls of wrapping-paperentirely beneath the counter, thereby leaving the counter unobstructedwith the paper, and in such manner that either of the severalwidths ofpaper desired to be used may be separately and independently rolled upthrough its slot, drawn therefrom until a sufficient quantity is drawn,and then torn off at the slot, leaving nothing above the slot as anobstruction.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a store-counter.

B is the slotted frame set in a recess in th counter, as shown in Figs.1, 2, and 8, and is provided with the end ears d for securing it bymeans of the bolts cl, as shown, and with the parallel slots 0, c, 0 andc of equal width, but of different lengths, as shown.

D is the roll-frame having the end ears (1, by means of which it issecured to the under side of the counter by the bolts (1 leading downfrom the ears cl, as shown in Fig. 8.

a a, a a, a a and a a are the paper holding and feeding rollers, whichare arranged in pairs, a pair below each slot of frame B correspondingin length with the length of the respective slot above, and eachprovided with end journals which are arranged in corresponding bearingsdepending from the frame D, thereby supporting them so that they willfreely rotate, each one bearing against its fellow roller. Fixed on theend of one roller-journal of each pair of rollers is a miter orbevel-gear arranged, meshing with a corresponding gear which is fixed ona side extending shaft, which shaftis suitablyboxed to frame D, andleads therefrom to the rear side of the counter, where it is likewiseboxed, and there provided with a hand-wheel for the purpose of graspingand rotating the shaft, and thereby rotating the rollers.

The several gears described are shown at G, G, G and G (See Fig. 5.) Theshafts of the respective pairs of rollers are shown at S, S, S and S andtheir respective handwheels at Z, Z, Z and Z and their outer bearings atV, V, V and V which bearings are designed to be secured to the underpart of the counter.

For the purpose of contracting the wid th of slotted frame B and theframe D the rolls of frame D are arranged on two planes, as shown inFigs. 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8, withthe gearshafts leading therefrom ondifferent planes, as shown in Figs. 3, 4:, and S, and with the dependingbearings of the character and arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

F is the frame for supporting the rolls of paper R, R, R and R and isarranged under the counter in an inclined posit-ion, supported off thefloor by means of the standards L, as shown, and is broader at its upper side, as shown in Fig. 1,which form is attained by means ofdiverging one inclined side rail of the frame. To the inner side of saiddiverging rail is either formed or se' cured a series of right-angledoffsets or steps, thereby forming spaces of different lengths betweensaid offsets and the oppositeinclined side rail.

J, J, J and J 3 are sockets of the respective offsets, into which oneend journal of the respective rolls R, R, R and R are seated, while theopposite end journals of the rolls rest in corresponding holes in theopposite rail, as shown by dotted lines at H, II, 11 and 1-1 thusadapting the said rolls to be removably seated in the frame, and bymeans of the described ofisets rolls of different length areaccommodated, which are respectively provided with the diiferent widthsof paper represented at P, P, P and P and each paper consists of onecontinuous strip wound to form the rolls, as shown. In use the end ofthe said paper strips are drawn a little way off their roll and startedup between their respective holding and feeding rollers, when by meansof turning the handwheels they are forced up into their respectiveslots, and the slots are of sufficient depth so that the paper, afterleaving the feed-rollers, will be properly guided and will not buckleand thereby prevent the perfect working of the device.

I have illustrated four widths of paper and parts for theiraccommodation; but I do not desire to confine this invention to anygiven number of parts or widths of paper, as a greater or less numbermay be used with like effect. Neither do I desire to confine myself tothe exact relative arrangement of the rollers for holding and feedingthe paper, as they may all be arranged on one plane, if so desired, bysimply arranging the slots 0, 0', c and 0" a little farther apart.Neither doI desire to confine this invention to the exact arrangement ofthe slotted frame-that is, lengthwise with the counter-as it willoperate as well crosswise, and in such instance the gears shown in Fig.5 can be dispensed with and the shafts for turning the rolls made toextend direct from one roll, as shown in Fig. 9; also, I desire to statethat the entire device may, when desired, be constructed smaller thanthat illustrated and arranged in a case for holding smaller paper-rollsof less width, &c., such as used by druggists and the like. As a meansof rendering the rollers a, a, a and a more adhesive to the paperpassing between them, I prefer to cover them with rubber or someequivalent substance-as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The roll-paper holder and cutter consisting of the combination of theslotted frame seated in a suitable support, the pairs of holding andfeeding rolls suitably supported parallel with and beneath the slottedframe, the mechanism described for rotating said rollers, and the framesupported beneath said rollers for holding and dispensing the rolls ofpaper of different width, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The roll-paper holder and cutter consisting of the combination of apaper-rollsupporting frame having one diverging side rail provided witha series of rightangled offsets for accommodating rolls of differentlength, a frame provided with a series of slots, a slot for eachrespective width of paper, through which the paper is taken for use, anda series of pairs of rollers for taking the paper from its rolls,holding it from dropping from the slots from where it is used andfeeding it to and through said slots, and the mechanism, consisting ofthe series of con nected shafts and hand-wheels, for rotating saidrollers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the com-- bination, with the paperroll supporting frame and the frame B, provided with the series of slots0, 0, c and c of the frame D, secured adjacent to said slotted frame,the pairs of rollers a, a, a and a mounted in frame D, a pair for andcorresponding in length with each said slot, and the shafts S, S, S andS respectively provided with the handwheels Z, Z, Z and Z and connectingsaid rollers through the medium of gears, in the manner substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

4. The roll-paper holder and cutter described, consisting of thecombination, with a suitable support, of the inclined diverging frame F,provided with the standards L, the frame offsets and journal bearingsand sockets, as set forth, the frame B, provided with the graduatedslots 0, c, 0 and 0 supported above said diverging frame, the pairs ofgraduated paper holding and feeding rollers a, a, a and a supportedbetween said diverging and slotted frames, and the mechanism consistingof the connected shafts S, S, S and S respectively provided with ahand-wheel by means of which their connected rollers are respectivelyand independently rotated, in the manner substantially as andfor thepurpose specified.

5. The roll-paper holder and cutter, consisting of the combination, withthe counter or other suitable support, the slotted frame B, seated in arecess with its upper surface on a plane with the counter or othersurface to which it is attached, the frame for supporting the rolls ofdifferent-width paper arranged below the said slotted frame, and aseries of pairs of intermediate paper holding and feeding rollerscorresponding in length with the several widths of paper, and the shaftsand hand-wheels arranged connecting said rolls and leading to thecounter-edge for rotating said rolls, in the manner substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, in the roll-paper holder and cutter described,withthe counter or other suitable support, of the slotted frame B, pro-.vided with the ears d d, the frame D, pro-. vided with the correspondingears d" d, the securing-bolts d (1 and the paper holding and feedingrollers a, a, a and a and their operating mechanism, consisting of theshafts S, S, S and S their hand-wheels Z, Z, Z and Z and the gears G, G,G and G supported by means of the frame D, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. In the wrapping-paper holder described, in combination with the frameD,the pairs of graduated rollers a, a, a and 60*, arranged on differentplanes within said frame, and the mechanism for rotating said rollers,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

MARSHALL N. JONES.

Witnesses:

M. H. BERT, G. D. KIEFFER.

